Effects of perceived racism, cultural mistrust and trust in providers on satisfaction with care

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1532-1540

  Benkert, Ramona ^a,b   Peters, Rosalind M ^a,b   Clark, Rodney ^a,c   Keves Foster, Kathryn ^a,b  

^a Wayne State University ^*

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mistrust; Provider race; Racism

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARAB; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NEGRO; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACISM; SOCIAL ASPECT; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TRUST;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREJUDICE; TRUST;

EID: 33748776307     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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